Locking means for folding cots or couch-beds.



' 11.1. QUINCY.

' LOCKING MEANS FOR FOLDING COTS 0R COUCH BEI JS.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE I3, 1914.

1,157,254. Patented 001. 19, 1915.

IZOLUMBIA PLANOORAPH cm. WASHINGTON. D. c.

' HENRY JOHN QUINCY, OFIBROO KLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TOENGLANDER SPRING BED COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LOCKING MEANS FOR ronniue 'oo'rs on COUCH-BEDS.

7 To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY J. QoINoY, a citizen of the United States, residing at "Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locklng Means for Folding Cots or Couch-Beds, of which the following is a specification. I p

This invention relates to folding beds or cots, the object of the invention being to provide means whereby a particular form of cot or folding bed may be renderedpracti- I cal so that in the use thereof the structure will not be collapsed by the weight of a person sitting upon either end thereof.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a bed with which the present improvement top View of this improved folding cot or has .to do; Fig; 2 is a side view thereof, the dotted lines illustrating the folding 'cot partly collapsed and without the improvement; Fig. -8--is a view of the folding cot "when folded and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of this'improved locking means for rendering the folding cot practical.

vSimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The improved folding bed or cot. with which the present improvement has to do comprises a pair of frame sections 2 and 3 hinged adjacent to their opposed inner ends to a pair of hinge members or bars 4, which -members are connected by a drop-formed other adjacent to the hinge connection of the two sections, Connected to the frame sections by any suitable means, as helical springs 9, is a cot bottom 10, which may be of canvas or wire mesh as may be desired.

I By grasping the handles 6 the cot may be conveniently and readily folded from the full-line position shown in Fig.2, through the dotted-line position shown therein, to the position shown in Fig. 3, so that it will take up but a very small space when not in use.

Specification of Letters'Patent.

Patented Oct. 1%, 1915.

Application filed June 13, 1914. Serial No. 844,840.

From the foregoing it will be observed" that the foldable bed or cot comprises apair of foldable cot sections pivotally connected adjacent to their inner ends to fold transversely by lifting such inner ends and allowing the outer ends to drop andclose toward each other, and that each folding cot section has but a single pair of legs pivoted thereto, thus obviating the use of additonal legs, pivots and connecting meanstherefor. This folding bed, however, has been proven in practice'to have a serious defect, in that when a person sits upon either end the structure collapses asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that a person thoughtlessly sitting upon the structure is likely to be injured by being suddenly tipped off. To'

remedy this disadvantage and make the structure. a practical one, I have provided means for preventing-the collapsing of the structure, which means is very simple in its construction, readily applied to structures already made, and inexpensive to make and attach.

The locking means comprises a bent bar 11 pivoted at one end, as at 12, to the frame of one section and having a hook 13 at its opposite end for the reception of a pin lt secured to the'opposite section, this locking device being located imposition at the hinge.

point of the folding cot section, one such locking device being at each hinge portion.

This locking member is bent in the form' shown in Fig. 4, that is substantially U- Y shaped, so as to overlap the hinge member to which the inner ends of thefolding cot" frames are connected. As this hinge member-is shown as an angle iron plate the horizontal portion 11 of which overlaps the ends of-the cot frame sections it is desirable that the locking member be of substantially the form shown in order to properly reach across thishing'emember' and hook into the pinl hereinbefore described. It will be immediately apparent that by this locking means the collapsing of the folding cot by any one sitting upon the end thereof is entirely prevented, as it is not possible for the folding cot sections to move upward at their pivoted ends, so that the liability of injury to the user is entirely avoided.

As hereinbefore stated, the present form of cot, having but a single pair of legs to each section, provides a very simple and comparatively inexpensive structure, but by reason of the fact that each folding cot sec tlon has but a single pair of legs the struc ture when weight is placed on either end thereof immediately tends to collapse, so that ,m order to use this simple form of supporting means for a structure of this kind I have found it essential to provide a means for 7 preventing'the collapse of the structure, and

one form of means is shown herein as. the preferred form thereof, slnce it is part1cularly Well adapted to this parti ul fo of folding cot. Y 1 J a I claim'as my invention: o

1. In a folding cot, the combination of a plurality of cot sections foldable transversely of the cot and spaced apart at their inner ends, a single pair of legs pivotally' secured to each section between-its inner and outer ends, a bar connecting each pair of legs with the opposite sectioma-rigid hinge member pivotally connectedto the inner ends of said sections for maintaining said sections spaced apartthereby to permit the; legsand bars to be folded inside ofsaid sections when the structure "is folded; and

means for locking thecot sections when un folded thereby to prevent premature collapse thereof and comprising a locking device supported to sWing'in the plane of the top of'said cot. v 2. Ina folding cot, the combination of a plurality of cot sections foldable transversely of the cot and spaced apart at their inner ends, a single pair of legs pivotally secured to each section between its inner and outer ends, a bar connecting each pair of legs with the opposite section, a rigid hinge lapse thereof, said locking means comprising a barpivoted to one of said sections-and adapted to connect with the'other of'said sections across the top of said hinge meniber.

3. In a folding pair'of cot sections foldable transversely of Gopis 01. this patent may be obtained for cot, the combination of a the cotand spacedapart at their inner'ends, a singlepair of legs pivoted, toea ch section;

nearer" its outer than its inner ends, bars connecting the legs of one section with the opposite section, a rigid hinge member pivotally connectedto the inner ends of said' sections to maintain said sections spaced apart thereby to permitthe legs and bars to be folded inside of said sections whenthe structure is, folded, and means for locking the cot sections thereby to prevent prematurecollapse thereof and comprising a device located over thetop of the hinge mem-' '-ber."

I 4. In a folding cot, the combination of a: pair of foldable cot sections, a rigid hinge member pivotally connected :to and inter f mediate the inner ends of said sections, said member overlapping'the tops of said sections, a single pairofflegs for supporting each section, means connecting the palr of.

legs of each section with the opposite sec tion, and means overlapping said ihinge member 7 and pivotedfto" one section and shiftablyconnected to the other for prevent ing the premature collapse of the cot sec-" tions.

"5. In a folding cot, the combination of. a pair of "foldable cot sections, a rigid hinge p member at each side thereof to which the j inner ends of the foldable cot sections are pivoted, said member overlapping the'inner ends of said sections; a drop-formedibar.

connecting said members, ia single pair. of

legs pivoted to each of said sectionsyapairof brace bars pivotally connected to; the pair 7 of legs of each section 'and'to the opposite cot'section, and means adjacent tothe hinge connectionsof the foldingcot sections for preventing the premature 7 collapse thereof,

said means comprising a bar pivoted to one" section and hooked to the "other; said bar; shaped to overlap therigid hinge members;

Kings and State of-New York, this'12thday i "signedir'at New: k; in. the countyof of June-1914.

Witnessesz' 7 PAUL W.V KREUZKAMP,V PnnoygLJFox; c a

I "HENRY Jon N u ncy;

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